Category: Position Reports

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/05/04 18:11
LATITUDE: 21-37.13N
LONGITUDE: 072-06.18W
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 7
WIND_DIR: WSW
SWELL_DIR: WNW
SWELL_HT: 0.1M
CLOUDS: 20%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1014.6
AIR_TEMP: 33.3C
SEA_TEMP: 27.8C
COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Middle of Caicos Bank, Turks & Caicos

We\’re doing the trip across the Caicos Bank. This is the third most natural site remarked upon by the Astronauts from outer space.
It\’s 60 miles x 30 miles across. The bottom is mostly all white sand and it\’s 5-20 feet deep. We\’re anchored in 10 feet of water. It\’s \”gin clear\”
and we\’ve had a swim. Water temp is 82 deg F, 27.8 C. It\’s so calm out here, it\’s looks like the worlds largest natural swimming pool. The Bahamas Banks are however similar and larger!…Yet to come. Winlink had a problem over the weekend and so we could not post this till today. Two more position reports to follow.
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/05/03 19:13
LATITUDE: 21-29.05N
LONGITUDE: 071-32.25W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 16
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 15%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1014.5
AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Lee of Long Cay, South Caicos Island – Turks & Caicos

Started out as a windy sail, then the wind started to slack as was predicted. This is a very unusual mix.
To the north look like there is a HUGE mega resort, but here in the harbor area; it\’s a sleepy little village.
We\’re anchored in 5-6 feet of \”gin clear\” water. Pretty nice behind Long Cay. The rest of the harbor is bumpy due to the wind
and swell direction. Tomorrow we may try the 47 mile trip across the very shallow \”Caicos Bank\”. More on that later!
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/05/01 18:08
LATITUDE: 21-28.12N
LONGITUDE: 071-09.05W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: E
CLOUDS: 60%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1014.4
AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cockburn Town, Grand Turk Island – Turks and Caicos

Checked in with Customs and Immigration at South Dock. A bit of a \”recky\” to find them, but fortunately, we got two good dudes!
The South Dock area is a ZOO with the Cruise Ship folks. Nothing to a crowd in less than an hour. We\’re inside the shallow reef off Cockburn Town (Capitol)
of both the Turks and Caicos. These islands are called \”Turks\” as there is a cactus here that has an annual red flower. It has a tassle and looks just like
a \”Fez\” (or) a Turks Hat. Hence the name. Caicos is (they think, but are not sure) a variant pronunciation of the word \”Cay\” (which no mater how it\’s spelled is pronounced \”Key\”). We\’ll go and explore and the water here is not just warm but absolutely….\”Gin Clear\”…:-)
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

P.S. I think yesterday\’s blog did not post right and I\’ll see if I can find wifi and post it ashore.

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/05/01 18:08
LATITUDE: 21-28.12N
LONGITUDE: 071-09.05W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: E
CLOUDS: 60%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1014.4
AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cockburn Town, Grand Turk Island – Turks and Caicos

Checked in with Customs and Immigration at South Dock. A bit of a \”recky\” to find them, but fortunately, we got two good dudes!
The South Dock area is a ZOO with the Cruise Ship folks. Nothing to a crowd in less than an hour. We\’re inside the shallow reef off Cockburn Town (Capitol)
of both the Turks and Caicos. These islands are called \”Turks\” as there is a cactus here that has an annual red flower. It has a tassle and looks just like
a \”Fez\” (or) a Turks Hat. Hence the name. Caicos is (they think, but are not sure) a variant pronunciation of the word \”Cay\” (which no mater how it\’s spelled is pronounced \”Key\”). We\’ll go and explore and the water here is not just warm but absolutely….\”Gin Clear\”…:-)
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

P.S. I think yesterday\’s blog did not post right and I\’ll see if I can find wifi and post it ashore.

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/05/01 14:19
LATITUDE: 21-26.13N
LONGITUDE: 071-09.07W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 18
WIND_DIR: ENE
CLOUDS: 60%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1015.9
AIR_TEMP: 30.0C
COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – South Dock, Grand Turk – Turks & Caicos

It was a lovely sail. We slowed last night to arrive after sunrise. We are the ONLY private boat here.
\”Carnival Liberty\” is coming in and will be docking. This should be exciting. The water 200 yds offshore is over 2000 feet deep.
at 100 yards it\’s 60 feet!..Very interesting. We\’re in 14 feet, nice sand. We\’ll go check in after a short nap.
KIT!
Scott and Nikki